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| 2009-09-29 |
Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 9.9 |
| Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Calculate Linux 9.9, a Gentoo-based desktop and server distribution. Changes in this version include: built on top of Calculate Linux Scratch; switch to Aufs as the live file system; replaced XChat with Konversation and GStarDict with GoldenDict, added KDE Partition Manager; Mozilla Firefox is now the default web browser; Compiz has been integrated with the Xfce desktop; added proprietary NVIDIA driver to the CLDX edition; updated to Linux kernel 2.6.30 and KDE 4.3; initrd and kernel are now packed using LZMA compressions; various other speed optimisations. Here is the full press release (in Russian). Calculate Linux comes in the form of live DVDs with either KDE (CLD) or Xfce (CLDX) desktops; download the ISO images from here: cld-9.9-i686.iso (1,712MB, MD5, torrent), cldx-9.9-i686.iso (1,015MB, MD5, torrent), cld-9.9-x86_64.iso (1,804MB, MD5, torrent), cldx-9.9-x86_64.iso (1,144MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2009-07-03 |
Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 9.7 "KDE" |
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| Calculate Linux Desktop (CLD) is a Gentoo-based operating system for PCs and notebooks. Alexander Tratsevskiy has just announced a new version 9.7 of its KDE edition. Main changes: "Support for Italian and Polish has been added. System installation on USB Flash cards has been added. Setting up of a new user account in KDE has been accelerated 2.5 times. Setting up sound card has been added. The identification of PCs and notebooks with two video cards has been added. Option of booting the live DVD image into the cache has been added. File README.html with description of installation has been added to the live CD desktop. Calculate Linux Desktop KDE is 100% compatible with Gentoo." More information in the release announcement. Download: cld-9.7-i686.iso (1,390MB, MD5), cld-9.7-x86_64.iso (1,470MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-06-26 |
Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 9.7 "Directory Server" |
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| Calculate Directory Server is a Gentoo-based LDAP server providing a centralised storage of application settings, user accounts and access privileges. A new version of the product was announced yesterday. Some of the main changes include: "Support for Italian and Polish languages; support for the proxy service with user authorization in LDAP; support for Samba group settings in the LDAP server; support for setting of some Jabber service hosts; isolinux has been used for booting; when booting from CD user can now select a keyboard layout; support from loading the CD into memory; improved hardware compatibility when booting from a USB DVD...." More information in the release announcement. Download: cds-9.7-i686.iso (514MB, MD5), cds-9.7-x86_64.iso (545MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-06-05 |
Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 9.6 "Xfce" |
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| Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Calculate Linux Desktop 9.6 "Xfce" edition, the first version of the Gentoo-based distribution with the Xfce environment: "The main differences: The system is optimized to work on slower computers; the size of the image stored on a CD; instead, the graphic library Qt uses GTK+; Because of limitations in the amount of the image, removed Portage and sources kernel. Features: the system is fully compatible with the Calculate Directory Server; CLDX users can work with CLD 9.6, save the settings for desktop in different directory; Xfce interface is made in traditional style Calculate Linux Desktop; supports seven languages: Russian, English, German, Portuguese, Spanish, French and Ukrainian; supports installation on the HDD and USB-HDD file system: ext4, ext3, ext2, ReiserFS, JFS or XFS." Here is the brief release announcement; see also the package list and screenshots. Download: cldx-9.6-i686.iso (695MB, MD5 and SHA1). |
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| 2009-05-28 |
Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 9.6 "KDE" |
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| Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Calculate Linux Desktop 9.6 "KDE" edition, a Gentoo-based distribution for the desktop: "Calculate Linux Desktop 9.6 KDE released. This is an anniversary version of Calculate Linux Desktop, the first version of which was released exactly 2 years ago. The main changes: to boot from the DVD using isolinux; added a choice of keyboard layout when booting from the DVD; graphical network configuration tool wicd has been added; the setting of video card during download from DVD has been made through the X.Org video drivers; the installation image will not be distributed, the system can be updated without recording to DVD; improved the support for booting from USB DVD. Main components: Linux kernel 2.6.28.10, X.Org 7.4, KDE 4.2.3, OpenOffice.org 3.0.1." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: cld-9.6-i686.iso (1,444MB, MD5), cld-9.6-x86_64.iso (1,515MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-04-29 |
Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 9.5 |
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| Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Calculate Linux Desktop 9.5, a Gentoo-based desktop Linux distribution with KDE 4: "Calculate Linux Desktop 9.5 released. Main changes: supported languages now include English, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian and French; fast system boot; convert to LZMA compression; convert to OpenRC services management system, installation support on ext4 file system option added; simplified installation; language tool extension added to OpenOffice.org grammar check; added Cuneiform-Qt, a graphical interface for Cuneiform OCR systems, added Kdenlive video editing program; replaced StartDict with QStarDict." Here is the complete release announcement. Download: cld-9.5-i686.iso (1,509MB, MD5), cld-9.5-x86_64.iso (1,591MB, MD5). |
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At one point or another gamers can hit the wall when using other OS systems such as Linux and Mac, as Windows has always been renowned as the OS of choice for the gaming community. In a lot of cases this has changed somewhat over the last few years with the use of virtualization software that helps to bridge that gap, and it can be quite successful to a point. Of course, when you virtualize another OS you can lose some of the performance, than say running a game natively, and with slowdowns and bugs comes frustration. We have listed a few resources that we think are worth a mention for different types of gamers, both online multiplayer and single player, see what you think:
- World of Goo. This is a great puzzle game that will keep you busy for hours, there's also a free playable demo version.
- If you're a online poker enthusiast we can recommend you check out the pokerlistings.com Linux poker page, it has a list of poker apps that are compatible with your OS.
- For the MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) crowds you could always take a look at Vendetta online, "thousands of people can play together, at the same time, in a single, persistent universe", sounds great!
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